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Catholic astronomers: Newly discovered planet a testament to Earth’s ‘startling uniqueness’

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).
A potentially habitable “Earth-sized” planet has been discovered, NASA announced last week. Catholic scientists from the Vatican Observatory and Benedictine College hailed the discover… […]

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Vatican astronomer: Webb telescope space images are ‘food for the human spirit’

July 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

NASA’s Webb captures a dying star’s Final ‘Performance’ in fine detail: A planetary nebula, shaped like an irregular oval, with lacy, reddish orange plumes of gas and dust. / NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Vatican City, Jul 14… […]

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